A team of researchers discovers that a big chunk of geostationary satellite data flowing over North America is unencrypted, including data from mobile carriers and the military.

…the recovered data included user SMS and voice call contents, user internet traffic, and cellular network signaling protocols… the team was able to collect unencrypted satellite data “from sea vessels owned by the US military,” along with traffic from multiple organizations within the Mexican government and military, including personnel records, narcotics activity, and military asset tracking…